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Relish

verb

(past & past part. relished; pres. part. relishing)

Derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in. Synonyms: bask, enjoy, savor, savour.

noun

Vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment. Synonyms: gusto, zest, zestfulness.

Spicy or savory condiment.

The taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth. Synonyms: flavor, flavour, nip, sapidity, savor, savour, smack, tang.

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"Relish" Quotes from Famous Books

... no objection to beginning under a dozen, but Dan used his allowance as a "relish" with his steak. "One egg!" he chuckled as he shelled his relish and I enjoyed my breakfast. "Often wonder how ever ...

— We of the Never-Never • Jeanie "Mrs. Aeneas" Gunn

... He was in a quandary. He did not relish leaving her with—At that instant Mr. Dale decided Racey's course for him. Mr. Dale pulled a gun and, still whooping cheerily, shook five shots into the atmosphere. Then Mr. Dale fumblingly threw out his cylinder and began ...

— The Heart of the Range • William Patterson White

... seemed to realize our situation, and gave me all the sympathy I could ask, repeatedly rubbing her soft nose over my face and lapping up my salt tears with evident relish. ...

— The Story of a Bad Boy • Thomas Bailey Aldrich

... for lunch occupied only about fifteen minutes, the begrimed workers sitting down on the steps of the ladders and eating their simple food with keen relish. At night when strong electric lights cast their glare over these constantly moving lines of figures the effect was almost grotesque, reminding one of Gustave Dore's terrible pictures of the lost souls in torment, or of the scramble to escape when the deluge ...

— The Critic in the Orient • George Hamlin Fitch

... The man had only been in his house one night, and was proposing to take all his troubles off his hands. He did not relish the proposition at all. He did not like to be accused of not doing as well for himself as others could do for him. He did not wish to make any change although he remembered at the moment his anger with Farmer Stovey respecting ...

— The Belton Estate • Anthony Trollope

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